CHIPOTLE EMERGENCY

Global warming, etc. is causing problems like the polar ice caps melting, polar bears being sad, bees dying, and now THIS:

Kylie, you should probably chain yourself to the doors of the Chipotle HQ. 

its end-of-30-rock week ;(

here's everything kenneth's ever told us about where he came from.

"this is an old parcell family recipe, but i like to replace the union solider meat with boiled potatoes."

you've probably heard by now...

...that the rapture is kicking off this weekend. on saturday, there is going to be a huge earthquake, and g-d is going to pick all of his favorites out and bring them up to heaven, leaving the rest of us sinners down here to party our tails off until october, when the world will end and we'll head on down to you-know-where.

i just happen to be flying on rapture-day, and as thomas wilhelm pointed out, it's probably going to end up a lot like stephen king's tv mini-series the langoliers.

bRiTnEy!!1

is the world really supposed to end the day before my 30th birthday? i can get on board with that.

anyway, great job brit brit. 11 biscuits!

oh no.

that meltdown that the japanese scientists were saying wasn't going to happen, might be.

GULP.

bonus link : this article really helped me understand what the f is going on over there. sounds bad.

the last thing you need.

there are about to be no more bananas.

This week's New Yorker has a huge story about the banana industry that touches on all of the familiar complaints against it: the inherent lack of sustainability of their product, company-funded massacres. But what it mostly focuses on is Tropical Race Four, a sort of super-fungus that turns Cavendish bananas into mush. So scientists are trying to build a better banana! One that is resistant! Here's the thing: It doesn't sound like they're making a lot of progress.

One of the most interesting pieces of info in the story is that this already happened once. See, the bananas that were originally eaten all over the U.S. weren't the Cavendish variety, they were Gros Michel bananas. (They were also, by all accounts, far tastier.) But a fungus called Race One, which is closely related to Tropical Race Four, wiped them out in the first half of the twentieth century. Really, one of the main reasons we have Cavendish bananas is because they're resistant to Race One. But it sounds like we might not have them for much longer either. (via)

great.

thx a lot, liz.

touchdown jesus on fire.

this jesus statue in ohio, nicknamed 'touchdown jesus', got struck by lightning and caught on FIRE! notice how the water level is too low and is ruining the intended illusion of that statue. real nice design, jerks.

click play.

and keep watching. it's insanity.

You may have heard about the massive hailstorm that swept through Oklahoma City on Sunday afternoon, leaving softball-sized pellets in its wake. Well, now you can see the tempest—and it's nothing short of jaw-dropping. (via)